Scholarship Opportunity Detail Page

MUST Scholarship Program

Scholarship Provider:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Application Deadline:

06/15/2007

Description:

Minority undergraduates intrigued bymath and science are among those urged to apply for a scholarship that willpay up to half of their annual college tuition and open up the world of theNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to them. The MUST program is a partnership between NASA, the Society forHispanic Professional Engineers, the Hispanic College Fund and the UnitedNegro College Fund Special Programs. Open to all students, the MUSTscholarships will go to qualifying students interested in pursuing careersin the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (or "STEM") fields.Applicants must be rising college freshmen, sophomores or juniors, be U.S.citizens, have a minimum cumulative grade average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale,and be pursuing an undergraduate degree in a STEM discipline as a full-timestudent. The MUST program is particularly focused on engaging students fromunderserved and underrepresented groups including women, African Americans,Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, and persons with disabilities.